Diana of Philadelphia

1900

At the mint in Philadelphia are a number of coins far more precious than any which find their way into circulation. They are a collection of curios, and many of them date from times of great antiquity.

Perhaps the most interesting among them is a handsome coin bearing on its face the profile of a woman, which has a striking resemblance to the Goddess of Liberty of our own currency. Underneath is the single word "Demos," which is the Greek for "The People."

On the reverse of the coin is a beautiful figure of the goddess Diana, arching her bow, and the inscription, translated into English, reads, "Diana, Friend of the Philadelphians."

The coin was minted more than two thousand years ago at the city of Philadelphia in Asia Minor, where, as we know, there grew up in later years one of the seven churches of which St. John writes. The prize was discovered some years ago in Europe by Joseph Mickley of Philadelphia, a violin-maker and an authority on coins. By him it was appropriately presented to the mint in Philadelphia. — Youth's Companion.


Bridles and Bits

"This is the time," said an archdeacon, when the clergy were going in to luncheon, "to put a bridle on our appetites." "Yes," said Dr. Randall Davidson, Bishop of Winchester, "this is the time to put a bit in our mouths." — Youth's Companion.